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Long-time host Steve Malzberg recalled Samuels as a colleague on the New York Radio Message Board. "Lynn was a wonderful person," he said. "When Marie was expecting our son, she would drop off a little gift each day at Marie's desk. We loved her very much. One of a kind on-air talent." SiriusXM carried a tribute to her with Alex Bennett this week. Sliwa remembered her on WNYM. Mark Simone talked with her colleagues on WABC and John McDonagh "sat shiva" for her on WBAI. "We were good friends," says Grant. Lynn Samuels never got rich or famous on the radio. But she had a gift for talking on it. "She could be a pain in the a—," says Lionel. "In the best sense of the term. Because she was totally honest. She said exactly what she thought. "I remember she and I and Bruce Anderson and Dick Oliver going somewhere just to knock back a few and talk. That was the best."